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Saturday, September 27, 2025
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GENERAL OUTLOOK
High pressure remains in control through the weekend with near-normal temperatures. Continued warming is expected early next week, ahead of a cold front. A few showers can`t be ruled out Monday and Tuesday, but the better rain chances are expected Wednesday when the cold front arrives. Expect cooler temperatures behind the front for the latter half of next week.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
..TODAY....Areas of fog this morning. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..SUNDAY....Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
..SUNDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
..MONDAY....Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
..MONDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
Football Score:
Tuscola 07
Franklin 28
• Friday Football Frenzy: Oct. 3, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Stein signs GOP-led North Carolina crime bill despite calling death penalty changes ‘barbaric’ [NC Newsline]
• Federal shutdown brings patchwork closures across WNC [Smoky Mountain News]
• Stein signs crime bill, potentially restarting death penalty in NC after Charlotte stabbing [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Reaction comes in from NC lawmakers, NAACP after Stein signs Iryna’s Law [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Blue Ridge Parkway visitor center, mineral museum reopen for 7 days amid shutdown [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
Will China Rule the 21st Century? | Dan Wang | Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
Six people in custody over Manchester attack - as police confirm suspect was held for rape | Sky News
Mexico tanker truck explosion: New measures set to regulate gas trucks | Al Jazeera
• Liveblog: Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to release hostages [BBC News]
• Middle East: Hamas says it's prepared to free Gaza hostages [DW News]
• Munich airport grounded by drone sightings for second day running [France 24]
Russo-UKraine War
Russian Soldier Breaks Silence on Meat Waves | Military Mind | TVP World News
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1318: Russia’s biggest energy strike met by Ukraine’s deepest refinery hits [Euromaidan Press]
• The hidden frontline: Here’s why Putin’s Valdai speech was actually a cultural manifesto [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Trump keeps spirit of Anchorage, wants better ties with Russia — ex-US official [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 03, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
National News
Apple says it has removed an app that allows users to track ICE agents | NBC News
• (video) Arrests made outside Portland ICE facility as protest continues [KATU-TV (Portland, OR)]
• ‘So deeply un-American’: House veterans condemn Trump proposal to use US cities as training grounds [Stars and Stripes]
• Hegseth fires top Navy official [The Hill]
• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’ [AP News]
• North Carolina governor signs 'Iryna's Law' after Ukrainian refugee's brutal train murder [Fox News]
• Netflix stock logs biggest weekly drop since April as Elon Musk calls for users to cancel subscriptions [Yahoo Finance]
• The shutdown meant no jobs report. Here’s what it would have said about the economy [CNBC]
Economy of Tomorrow | Wall Street Week | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (10-3-25): No end to gov't shutdown; Pres. Trump says Hamas has accepted peace plan | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 3, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour, Oct. 3, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Science and Technology News
New Megaraptor Species Was The T. rex of South America | 7 Days of Science
• Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way [Nature]
• IBM Unveils Granite 4.0 Hybrid Model That Competes with Rivals Twice Its Size [FOSS NEWS]
• Astronauts work through the U.S. government shutdown | On the International Space Station Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2025 [Space.com]
• Trump Posts Bizarre AI Video of Project 2025 Architect as the Grim Reaper [Gizmodo]
• Nearly 80% of Americans want Congress to extend ACA tax credits, poll finds [Ars Technica]
• Bitcoin Rockets to Nearly $124K, But Falls Short of Breaking Record [Decrypt]
• ‘Very likely’ Bitcoin cycle will continue in some form: Gemini exec [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.00am on Saturday, October 04, 2025
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